Simple Plan Harder Than It Looks Independent Simple Plan has always reigned supreme when we look to the kings that rule the pop-punk realm. They not only shaped the genre, but emerging bands have also used them as the pillar of influence on [...]
Lights Pep Fueled By Ramen Few artists in the pop arena are as unique or as adventurous when it comes to electro-rock artists like Lights. Throughout her career, her music is hardly what you would call mainstream alternative pop music. Looking [...]
HEAVY STEPS ON HOLLOW GROUND A CONVERSATION WITH ANDREW NEUFELD OF COMEBACK KID: PART TWO From start to finish, Heavy Steps is a high-octane, aggressive, and technically successful percussive record. Tracks like “Crossed” and [...]
HEAVY STEPS ON HOLLOW GROUND A CONVERSATION WITH ANDREW NEUFELD OF COMEBACK KID: PART ONE Comeback Kid have been innovating the hardcore genre for the past 20 years. Never being a band to stay tied to the same old tricks within the music [...]
COMEBACK KID HEAVY STEPS NEW DAMAGE RECORDS/NUCLEAR BLAST Hardcore leviathans Comeback Kid have been in the genre game for 20 years. With years comes experience and knowing how to work the genre field to your favour. Comeback Kid has never [...]
CUE THE CURTAIN CALL, ROLL THE CREDITS, IT’S OVER A CONVERSATION WITH PAUL KOEHLER OF SILVERSTEIN When it comes to bands like Silverstein, they seem to have been through it all. From Discovering The Waterfront to A Beautiful Place To [...]
The All-American Rejects Move Along (Hyper Deluxe Reissue) Dark Operative Everyone remembers when bands like The All American Rejects began to surface in the rock scene early 2000s. A contagious earworm for the audio senses is an understatement [...]
MAYDAY PARADE WHAT IT MEANS TO FALL APART RISE RECORDS Since 2005, Mayday Parade has been a strong presence in the pop-punk and alternative scene. An unwavering sound for the past 16 years that seems to mature and get more solid with time, [...]
Coldplay Music Of The Spheres Warner Music When looking at music that takes us to a place among the stars and planets, there is a certain mystery, splendor, and allure that comes with it. When looking at Coldplay’s latest album, Music Of [...]
WELCOME TO HORRORWOOD A CONVERSATION WITH SPENCER CHARNAS OF ICE NINE KILLS Ice Nine Kills is as illustrious as it is fascinating. One of the most unique bands in the alternative scene to date, it has an extraordinary history, spanning from 2007 [...]
Poppy Flux Sumerian Records When looking at Poppy’s career over the best few years, her musical style has been undeniably alluring, confident, and dynamic in her delivery. Her releases have proven that she can tackle a myriad of genres to [...]
The Used Heartwork (Deluxe Edition) Big Noise Music Group The Used have had nothing short of a spectacular run of a career since they first began to trailblaze the scene in the early 2000s with their 2002 release of their self-titled album. They [...]
Jinjer Wallflowers Napalm Records When looking at metal bands in the scene currently, some float to the top of the pool almost instantaneously. Jinjer is one of them. One of the hardest working bands in the scene, Jinjer has worked undoubtedly [...]
NEW HIGHS, NEW LOWS A CONVERSATION WITH WE WERE SHARKS We Were Sharks have been together for the past ten years. This not only shows commitment to their craft, but a well-seasoned band that has gone through the motions of what it’s been [...]
Touché Amoré Lament Epitaph Records Los Angeles post-hardcore band, Touché Amoré, has come to lighten things up with their fifth studio release, Lament. Since their inception back in 2007, Touché Amoré has tackled a myriad of tough subjects such [...]
Fame On Fire LEVELS Hopeless Records Fame On Fire has consistently tested the genre waters with each project release they have set their minds to, showing the world they are more than your typical multi-genre band. So far, they have succeeded in [...]
Used Cassettes Used Cassettes Loose Union We tend to look at many different regions across the globe, primarily within the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia, and Japan when it comes to rock bands that stick out in the industry. However, [...]
Silverstein A Beautiful Place to Drown UNFD Silverstein has long been at the forefront of bands in the scene when it comes to staying power. With their consistent versatile nature for each release to date, they have always kept the genre they [...]
Elephant Stone Hollow Elephants On Parade Elephant Stone has been around for almost a decade, and with the youthful originality of their sound, it’s often easy forget that. With such a vast and genius grasp at genre-bending psychedelic and [...]
Breaking Benjamin Aurora Hollywood Records Pennsylvanian band Breaking Benjamin have long since been one of the major influences that continue to shape the hard-rock/alternative scene. Having been quiet for some time since August 2017’s release [...]
Wolf Parade Thin Mind Royal Mountain Records/Sub Pop In a rock world where most of our bands are drifting to harder sounds yet combining other genre influences to create a different listening experiences, it seems that the indie genre is [...]
Mark Morton Ether Rise Records/BMG Mark Morton is no stranger when it comes to epic releases with band Lamb of God. This comes as no exception with the release of Mark Morton’s solo EP creation Ether. Bringing in some of the biggest talents in [...]
GET YOUR MOTHERFUCKIN’ HEAD ON STRAIGHT A CONVERSATION WITH SASCHA K OF KMFDM Back in the 1980’s there was an emergence of some really great music that still impacts much of the music we see today. The European underground was doing a bit [...]
Golden Cinema Peachy Keen Independent Canadian Power pop band Golden Cinema has come to grace 2019 with their presence, with a small yet powerful EP Peachy Keen, an amazing independent release, their first since their 2016 release of their [...]
